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942 [Doc. 313.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
is. In order to examine the nature of the blood all the provinces
and corners of the body whither the blood runs have to be examined,
viz. the viscera of the abdomen and the thorax, and especially also
the brain .... Wherefore unless it is first known what the brain,
the composite and simple fibre, what the animal spirit and the soul
are, we speak of things that are unknown .... The same reason
suggests itself in the case of the explanation of the genital members,
and the formation of the foetus in the uterus ; for the genital organs,
especially of men, are not devoted to the blood, but to the spirits
which pervade the fibres ... wherefore it appears to me that I am
unable to explain the genital organs before I have declared what the
brain, the fibre, what the spirit and the soul are. This, therefore,
is the reason why I have to postpone also the discussion of these
members.’
Impelled by the above reasons Swedenborg, therefore, after finish
ing Parts I and II of the Regnum Animale passed at once to the
consideration of Part VI. This resulted in the composition of the
above volume which must, however, be considered as a mere first
draught of Part VI, and as not intended for the public at large.
The MS. of this treatise constitutes a portion of Codex 58 of the
Swedenborg MSS. It was published by Dr. Im. Tafel in 1848 as
Part IV of the Regnum Animale. Its full contents are given in
Document 310, Codex 58 (p. 859), to which we refer the reader for
further particulars.
As this treatise was written by the author after his spiritual
eyes, at least in part, had been opened, and as it was merely a first
cast, and not intended to go to the press, we find in it quite a
number of annotations wherein he records his spiritual experience
at that time. These experiences are collected in Note 164, nos. vi
and vii.
The allusions to this treatise in the "Private Diary for 1744"
(Document 209) are contained in Note 164, no. ix, A and B.
1744. (74.) De Musculis Faciei et Abdominis (The Muscles
of the face and abdomen), in MS . , pp. 13, folio.
This treatise on the muscles is bound up in the original MS.
with no. 73, whence we may be allowed to conclude that it was
prepared by the author about the same time. The subjects treated
of are as follows.
1. The muscles of the face in general.
2. The muscles of the upper part of the face.
3. The muscles of the middle part.
4. The muscles which are of use to the nose.
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